2026-10-21 14:46 UTC
Another day, another story where my work on mass surveillance overlaps with my work in domestic abuse in the most terrible goddamn way.
WaPo found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force.
One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle.
Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/21/their-police-jobs-ended-they-kept-using-flocks-vast-surveillance-network/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzkyNTU1MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkzOTQxMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3OTI1NTUyMDAsImp0aSI6IjkzNGFjMDEwLTQyMWQtNGNhNy04ODlkLTE4ZTQzZjBhZjE2ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMTAvMjEvdGhlaXItcG9saWNlLWpvYnMtZW5kZWQtdGhleS1rZXB0LXVzaW5nLWZsb2Nrcy12YXN0LXN1cnZlaWxsYW5jZS1uZXR3b3JrLyJ9.8ifuXWrPb_08oQYHEMV1iv0ogHP6b_oJLriFrDpLt68
Replies (4)
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@cynical13@social.vivaldi.net 2026-10-21 14:48
@evacide@hachyderm.io So sorry that hits home for you like that.
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@leiawelsh@toot.wales 2026-10-21 15:39
@evacide@hachyderm.io “If you’re innonocent why would you mind being surveilled”. This. This is bloody well why!
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@cheekqualizer@hear-me.social 2026-10-21 16:12
@evacide@hachyderm.io YET ANOTHER REASON ITS A BAD IDEA TO DATE A COP??
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@cruiser@expressional.social 2026-10-22 05:39
@evacide@hachyderm.io If anything can be abused it will be abused. We should not build things that we really would not want to see abused, in particular not have things that we don't really need 😎 As a species, we are stupid ☹️